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                  <p class="p_Heading1"><span class="f_Heading1">Create Reference Data Tagged Values</span></p>



  
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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">To create your own Tagged Value based on a <a href="predefinedreferencedata.htm">predefined Reference Data Tagged Value Type</a>, follow the steps below:</span></p>
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<li value=1><span class="f_NumberedList">Select the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Settings | UML </span><span class="f_NumberedList">menu option. The </span><span class="f_UIControl">UML Types</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> dialog displays; select the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Tagged Value Types</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> tab.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="referencetaggedvalues.png" width="665" height="561" border="0" alt="ReferenceTaggedValues"><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span></li>
<li value=2><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Tag</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field type an appropriate Tagged Value name.</span></li>
<li value=3><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Description</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field type a description of the purpose of the Tagged Value, if required.</span></li>
<li value=4><span class="f_NumberedList">In the </span><span class="f_MenuKeyField">Detail</span><span class="f_NumberedList"> field copy-and-paste or type the syntax of the predefined Reference Data Tagged Value Type. In the example above, the Tagged Value returns the values for all of the Authors</span> in the Enterprise Architect model.<br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">This enables you to assign any of the previously defined Authors to a model feature (model features that can have Tagged Values applied to them are detailed in </span><span class="f_BodyText">the </span><span class="f_BodyText" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="thetaggedvaluestab.htm#ModelFeatures">Model Elements and Features with Tagged Values</a></span><span class="f_BodyText"> topic</span><span class="f_NumberedList">.</span><br>
<span class="f_NumberedList">&nbsp;</span><br>
<img src="taggedauthor.png" width="282" height="215" border="0" alt="TaggedAuthor"></li>
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<td width="952" bgcolor="#f7f7ff" style="width:952px; background-color:#f7f7ff;"><p class="p_TiporNoteText"><span class="f_TiporNoteText">If the values in the reference data are changed after the Tagged Value Type is created, Enterprise Architect must be reloaded in order to reflect the changes in the Tagged Value Type.</span></p>
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